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Historical Event on 8/25/1997
10,000 people residing in low lying areas in Gujarat shifted to safer places following incessant rains for two days. Death toll mounts to 265.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/26/1907 | 23rd session of the Indian National Congress was presided by Dr. Rash Behari Bose. In this session, Congress was split into two groups named 'Extremists' under the leadership of Lala Lajpat Rai and 'Moderates' under the leadership of Dr. Rashbehari Bose. Sir Pherozeshah Mehta took active part on the moderate side. Anand Bazar reported with headings as ""The 23rd National Congress. Presidential Election. Tilak's Amendment. Uproarious Proceedings. Free Fight. Police Aid. Pandal Cleared. Police Escort Tilak. Adjourned Sine Die"". |
| 11/9/1904 | Panchanan Maheshwari was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He studied the morphology, anatomy and embryology of some angiosperms, the class of plants which produce flowers with different embryological studies. He discovered species of plants like ""Panchanania Jaipuriensis and Isoeted Panchanani |
| 8/14/1900 | S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born. |
| 11/16/1883 | Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and journalist, was born at Varanasi. |
| 7/31/1912 | Allan Octavian, great social reformer, patriot, lawyer, journalist and politician, passed away at the age of 84. |
| 4/26/1990 | V. R. P. Menon, an Air Force Engineer, broke the world record in Chandigargh. |
| 10/2/1996 | Mother Teresa made honorary US citizen. |
| 5/1/1927 | Dr. Namwar Singh was born. |
| 1/1/1944 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, the Builder of Rashtrapati Bhavan and England's most outstanding architect of his time, died. |
| 6/1/1944 | M. V. Dhurandhar, famous master painter of Maharashtra, passed away. |
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